WHAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE war in Ukraine? Russia has not withdrawn. Nor has her economy collapsed under Western sanctions. Her armies in Ukraine are still in the field and being reinforced for a new offensive.
Almost 20 per cent of the country is in Putin’s blood-soaked hands. As Lucas Webber details in this issue, although Russian military incompetence arguably squandered her opportunity to knock over the entire independent Ukrainian state a year ago, no one should think outright defeat is close for Moscow now. Grimly, her armies seem set to advance.
How does this proxy war differ from other Western wars of choice this century? We have chosen to ally ourselves with Ukraine. This was courageous and right; we